#pleasures

We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. ↗

— Ann Landers

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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

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Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life. ↗

— David McCullough

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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it. ↗

— Karolina Kurkova

#enjoy #enjoy life #great #life #pleasures